Forth, Charles




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1843  39  2320 (91) 13
1844  41  2310 (96) 0
1845  48  2300 (99) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Forth, Charles  
   Also known as: C.F.
Born:
Died: 27 July 1845
 
Notes:
Hooper and Whyld give date of death as 1845; Gaige gives date of death as 27-07-1846, but the year is clearly in error here; Staunton gives date of death as 27-07-1845 ('on Sunday last') in the Illustrated London News of 2 Aug. 1845 (p.77). The earliest reference to Forth I have found is in the 10 July 1841 issue of the Chess Player's Chronicle (v.1, p.172), as 'C.F.' of Carlow. The notice of his death in Bell's Life in London calls him 'Ford'.
 
References
Books
   Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 43
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 124
   Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players, page 351
   Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 30
   Williams, Souvenir of the Bristol Club, page 140
Periodicals
   [BLL], 29 June 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 7 Sep. 1845, page 2
   [BLL], 23 Nov. 1845, page 3
   [CPC], vol. 1, no. 11, 10 July 1841, page 172
   [CPC], vol. 2, no. 15, 5 Feb. 1842, page 229
   [CPC], vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1843, page 124
   [CPC], vol. 5, no. 7, July 1844, page 224
   [CPC], vol. 6, no. 9, Sep. 1845, page 281
   [CPC], vol. 11, no. 9, Sep. 1850, page 266
   [CPC], vol. 12, no. 2, Feb. 1851, page 40
   [CW], vol. 1, no. 5, July 1865, page 129
   [ILN], vol. 7, no. 170, 2 Aug. 1845, page 77
   [IZL], vol. 5, no. 117, 27 Sep. 1845, page 208
   [Pal], vol. 1, no. 7, 15 June 1842, page 321
   [Reg], vol. 2, no. 8, Aug. 1850, page 228
   [Reg], no. 9, 15 Sep. 1856, page 274
   [RSI], vol. 1, no. 10, Oct. 1900, page 258
   [Sis], vol. 1, 1847, page 13
Web
   Thomas, W.R.  [Captain William Evans], page 6

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Perigal, G. - Forth, C. 1843         (c)     3.5   -   9.5      Perigal, G. gave odds of pawn and two moves
Walker, G. (1) - Forth, C. 1845         (c)     1   -   1      Walker, G. (1) gave odds of pawn and two moves


Player information updated: 6 Apr. 2023